Lynne Sharon Schwartz
Autore di Ruined by Reading: A Life in Books
Sull'Autore
Writer Lynne Sharon Schwartz was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York. She received a B. A. from Barnard College, an M. A. from Bryn Mawr, and started work on a Ph.D. at New York University. She chronicled her love of reading and the meaning it has had upon her life in a book called Ruined by mostra altro Reading. She has published around twenty books including Rough Strife, which was nominated for a National Book Award and Leaving Brooklyn, which was nominated for the Pen/Faulkner Award for Fiction. She has also written for children in such books as The Four Questions, explaining the traditions of Passover. She is also an Italian translator and her translations include A Place to Live and Other Selected Essays by Natalia Ginzburg and Smoke over Birkenau by Liana Millu. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra meno
Opere di Lynne Sharon Schwartz
Opere correlate
The Yellow Wallpaper and Other Writings (Bantam Classics) (1989) — Introduzione, alcune edizioni — 511 copie
Growing Up Ethnic in America: Contemporary Fiction About Learning to Be American (1999) — Collaboratore — 102 copie
Rediscoveries II: Important Writers Select Their Favorite Works of Neglected Fiction (1988) — Collaboratore — 30 copie
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Informazioni generali
- Altri nomi
- Sharon, Lynne (birth name)
- Data di nascita
- 1939-03-19
- Sesso
- female
- Nazionalità
- USA
- Luogo di nascita
- New York, New York, USA
- Luogo di residenza
- Brooklyn, New York, USA
New York, New York, USA - Istruzione
- Barnard College (BA|1959)
Bryn Mawr College (MA|1961)
New York University - Attività lavorative
- writer
translator
children's book author
poet
literary critic
memoirist (mostra tutto 10)
essayist
novelist
short story writer
book reviewer - Relazioni
- Schwartz, Harry (husband)
Schwartz, Rachel (daughter)
Schwartz, Miranda (daughter) - Breve biografia
- Married to Harry Schwartz, with two daughters Rachel and Miranda.
Utenti
Recensioni
The Emergence of Memory - Conversations with W. G.… di Lynne Sharon Schwartz
Fascinating collection of essays about and conversations with the writer W G Sebald (Max). Exploring his themes of memory, silence (as in how his nation of origin refused to talk about the war, so he felt born into this silence), and his wonderful digressions. His books don't fit into any easy category, he has never called them novels or non-fiction, while both true stories and blurring of reality are within the pages.
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This is a short book in which Schwartz shares her opinions on reading and life.
The fact that it is not divided into chapters was annoying to me. It made it harder to stop and start, since I didn't want to read it all at once.
Some of her thoughts are spot-on, others I couldn't relate to. Some of her writing is pretentious. There were spoilers for a couple books.
There were too many little sexual references for my taste; though not graphic, they were still unnecessary.
Despite these flaws, I did enjoy the read overall, and have added a few books she mentioned to my to-read list.… (altro)
The fact that it is not divided into chapters was annoying to me. It made it harder to stop and start, since I didn't want to read it all at once.
Some of her thoughts are spot-on, others I couldn't relate to. Some of her writing is pretentious. There were spoilers for a couple books.
There were too many little sexual references for my taste; though not graphic, they were still unnecessary.
Despite these flaws, I did enjoy the read overall, and have added a few books she mentioned to my to-read list.… (altro)
An intriguing and lovely exploration into the writings of Sebald. Much to think about here.
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- Opere
- 27
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- 21
- Utenti
- 2,133
- Popolarità
- #12,068
- Voto
- 4.1
- Recensioni
- 52
- ISBN
- 101
- Lingue
- 5
- Preferito da
- 3
